AB 32, just heard in Assembly Natural Resources Committee, on which I serve as Vice Chair, was just sent on it’s merry way to our Floor on a party line vote. This is the first shot that Republican Assembly members had to be heard on this bill in it’s formative and final stages. It’s been all over the map and has come down to just a very few negotiating these terms without our input nor the true stakeholders. The bill was introduced on the very first day of this 2 year session, Dec 6, 2004 [the day before Pearl Harbor Day] and here we are at the last possible moment of session shoving it through in this manner of process. This could have such far reaching effects on every aspect of our economy, it makes one shudder, as things could get very precarious economically. Most business and industry groups are opposed but a few have gulped the Flavor-Aid.
Oh well, us sheep all get to deal with it…I’ll let you know when it hits our Floor.